Torsten Traub

Torsten Traub (born 8 September 1975, Holzelfingen, Germany) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played over 100 games in the second Bundesliga.

Career Player Traub made his professional debut for SSV Reutlingen in the 2. Bundesliga on 13 August 2000, starting in the match against Mainz 05, where he scored in the 56th minute to level the score 2–2 for Reutlingen. The match finished as a 3–2 home win.

In 2002 he moved to FC St. Pauli. After St. Pauli were relegated to the Regionalliga in 2003 and Traub had made 16 appearances, he moved to FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt in July of the same year. He then played with Erfurt for a year in the Regionalliga Süd and after promotion in 2004 in the 2nd Bundesliga. However, after a year Erfurt was relegated to the third division and Traub moved to FC Augsburg on a free transfer.

In 2006 he was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga with Augsburg, having already achieved this with Reutlingen and Erfurt. Traub switched to VfR Aalen for the 2007/08 season. During the winter break of the 2008/09 season he switched to the Stuttgarter Kickers, where he played in all 18 games of the rest of the season (1 goal). After relegation, Traub left the Kickers and ended his career. In 2013 he was replaced by Alfred Hörtnagl, whom he succeeded again in May 2015.

Sporting successes Reutlingen Champion of the Regionalliga south 2000 Württemberg Cup 1999 German amateur football championship 1997

With other clubs Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga with Rot-Weiss Erfurt 2004 Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga with FC Augsburg in 2006